Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21

in the day had anticipated, The most
that had been calculated was majority |
OF eight against recommittal. That ma,
iority had increased to eleven So the
bill was not to be recomMitted, and the !
diminishing ON the vote to concur then
cosc,nenced. 1t became evident at once !
that the conference report would be con-
Cured in by a good ma iority, and the SEN
ate was too much worn out to delay long |
over the vote. The roll was called, with
the result that the report OF theconference
committee was concurred in by a vote OF
43 yeas, Is nays as follows:
Allison, BECK, BERRY, BLACKBURN. Bow
EN-, CALL, CocKRELL, GEORGE GoRMAN,
GIBSON, GRAY, Hale, HARRIS, Hawlcy PuGH
sabin, SALISBURY, Sawyer. Seweli, Sher-
man, spooner, COKE, Co1eUlrr, Conger, Gull
gals. JoNEs (ARK !. JONES (NEv.). Nc
MILAN. Henderson, Mitchell or, Palner,
Plumb, Teller, VANCE. VEss, WAL
TnALL, Wn1TruoRNE, Wilson Uowa),
Aldrich, Blair, Brown, Cameron, Chace,
Cheney, Evarts HAMPTON, Honr, MALONE,
Mitchell, (Pa.), Morrill,, PAYNE. Platt
Williams. neutrality-suspicious. in Roman,
Democrats in SMAIE. CAPITALS.
Mr.. Ingalls, introduced bill granting
arrears in certain casses to those pension
, ed by special acts Mr. Sabin introduced
| q bill to amend the act granting to rail.
| roads the right OF way through public
| lands. Mr. sewell. from the conference com
| mittce on the bill making an annual APP
! preparation to provide arms and
| eQuif,uents for the militia, made II report
reducing the appropria ton from $500, 900
| to $500, 900, which was agreed to. Ad-
jour''ed till Monday.
Ho ~sE.-Tn the house the conference re.
| port on the electoral count bill was agreed
to. The house went into committee OF the
! whole to consider the senate bills on the
| private calendar, several of which were
| passed. Twenty four bills were passed at
the g cning session.
! SENATE.--NOt III session.
,HoUsE.-The senate trade dollar bill
WITH the amendment OF the house commit
tee was submitted to the house. The sill.
yer men gave notice OF Il minority report,
and say privately that they will oppose
the bill to the end. unless the house shall
agree not to interfere with the present pur.
| chase OF silver bullion.
Mr.. Crisp presented the conference report
| on the Interstate commerce bill. The
house refused-1O5 to 13O-to 60 into
committee OF the whole on the pleuro- pneu-
monia bill The house then went in
to committee on the river and harbor
appropriation bill. Mr.. Hepburn, while
! favoring the system OF water WI v improve
ments opposed the 'tswappng OFF, theory
! upon which the bill WAS formed and criti-
| cised severely some Of the features Ct the
measure, especially that which provided for
the Improvement OF the Mississippi in acz
cordane viii, the plans Of the com mission.
The following petitions were presented
| to the house:
BY Mir. White, OF the Woman IS Christian
Temperatures Union OF Caledonia, Mimi,
inroring the passage oi the Blair edu-
c;.tionul bill; e.itinnS 'nvoriny the
! same measure FROM the Nninnn =
Christian Temperance Inion 81 lIrrt..
MINI. BY Mr.. Strait, OF ci5izcn~ I'll F.:
bault, praying for the passage OF I'll,
Hatch experimental bill. BY Mr.. ConSer
of J. w. King and Jig citizens Of Des
Moines, Iowa. praying for Tho passage OF
the educational bill. By Mr. Strait, OF
325 citizens OF Pine Island, East Crystal
and Faribault, favoring the passage OF the
Blair educational bill.
SENATE-A resolution was adopted calling on
the attorney general to ascertain and report the
liability of the United States on account of dam
| ages caused by the improvement OF the Fox and
! Wisconsin rivers. The general pension and
army appropriation bills passed.
Mr. Sawyer offered a resolution instruct
ing the attorney general to investigate the
judgments and awards against the United
States arising under the act of March 9,
1875, to aid mcthe improvement OF the Fox
|
Of the United States therefor. Adopted.
Air. Hoar, from the conference committee on
the electoral count bill, made report, which
was postponed till tomorrow and ordered
printed Forty pension bills (principaly
house billso passed The pension appropria
taken up and passed, with only few imma
terial amendments. The army appropria
ton bill was passed, with q few unimportan
amendments. The senate bill to establish
1 II
necJjOn with agricultural colleges was taker
up Mr. dngails characterized the bill as ex
ceedingly crude and imperfect He did MOI
believe ln government interference In euct
matters After remarks by Messrs. Vest ant
Butler the senate adjourned without finish
ing the bill. Mr. Cockreli introduced a bill
TO authorize the construction OF high leve
| bridge over the Mississippi river at St. Louis
HousE-Bills were introduced to regulate pros
ccutons against. Indians for crimes COMMITTEES
In the territories; to make gold and silver joint
, legal tender; for tae const ruction of wa
cruiser Of eighteen knots speed. The house 70
fused-ll3 to .137-to take up the int erstat
commerce bill conference report The bill
; granting relief TO the dependent parents Q
soldiers passed, and the senate amendment t
E the Mexican pension bill was concurred in.
Mr.. Belmont introduced in the house to
day bill 20 project American vessels agains
. unwarraatable and unlawful discrimination
{ The blR authorizes the president to prohibit
vessels bearing the British flag and coming frok
: such parts from entering tho ports OF Unite
States, from exercising such privileges therei
AS he may didfine. 1t also authorizes the presi
!: dent to forbid the entrance by land from tn
provinces OF British North America of all inca
2 chandise: also ct all cars, locomotives or othe
| rolling etock Of any railway company chartere
under The laws OF said provinces
:, The depentent-paren ts' pension bi
: passed by Ahehouse provides:
In considering the pension claims of depen6
, emit parents the fact and cause OF death and IL
fact that the soldier left widow mine
children having been shown as required by Law
1t staN be ne cessary only to show that such pal
q | ents are WithGnt other present means Of sul
, | port than their own manual labor the cor
tributiors OF others rot legally bound for the
support provided that no pension alloweehunde
: this act shall commence prior to its passage
| All persons who sers ed three months or more i
the military naval service OF the United STATE
In any way in which the United States has bee
engaged, and who have been ..honorably di'
charged therefrom and who are now or ma
l hereafter be suffering from mental or physic;
disability not the result "of their own vioior
habits or gross csrelessness,. which incapactate
! them for the performance OF labor in such
! degree az to render them unable to earn sup
c | port, and who ane dependent, upon their dali
19f f 81 shs es making
rules and regulations as the secretary of the In
terror may provide, he placed oE the list of in
: valid pensioners OF the Unittn States and
| cAcitACN ~ aS~'SA~O t2AS lSA AAN|AIA. uAA ouC
, | pension shall commence from the date OF tt
filing Of the applieatlon in the pension ofM
upon proof that their disability then existe.
and continue during the existence Of che sam
| in the degree herein pxovided This act sha
ipnot apply to persons under political disabiiti.
, or to any person whose disability was INQUIRE
while engaged In the military service aRaini
| tho United States
t. ACase Of K1eRtomanie-
l Once when MIR. Justice Byles wa.
, trying prisoner for stealing, q medi
cal witness was called, who said, tina